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Daily chart: United bumps more passengers than any other large American airline

martedì 11 aprile 20170156

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GETTING “bumped” from a flight took on a whole new meaning on April 9th, when United Airlines summoned aviation-security officers to drag a passenger off a plane kicking and screaming—literally. The flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky was overbooked, and after no one accepted the company’s offer of $1,000 to relinquish their seat, the company selected an already seated traveller at random and ordered him to disembark. When he refused—he is a doctor, and said he could not change planes because he had...

Not so smart: America may demand the right to peruse visitors’ mobile phones on arrival

mercoledì 5 aprile 20170155

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THE effect that Donald Trump is having on American tourism seems pretty clear. Data from online travel agents, which analyse customers’ searches and are thus privy to the most timely information on travel trends, are unanimous in the bleakness of their assessments. Expedia, Cheapflights and Kayak are just some...